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Friday, 18 January 2013

A Feather in my Cap

My Zakka Style Sew Along days came back to haunt me this week as I tried out a new (to me) pattern for our QCA Bee #1. Patterns take me a while to process. Lara was Queen Bee for December but I moved house and did not get around to making my block until this week. The colours she chose were orange, pink and a snippet of yellow on a grey background. Plenty of those colours in my scrap boxes - and I had some Kona Ash leftover from my Katie Jump Kites quilt.

We had to make a feather block using Anna Marie Horner's pattern. Thankfully Kristy of Quiet Play had pared down the instructions for us. Still it did not go together easily for me. I made so many errors on my first block - including accidentally slicing through my two large outer grey panels!Visual Tutorial

Then tear away the paper foundation after trimming A and then assemble.

I must say that 2nd time around I treated the block pattern more like a paper piecing project and I sailed through without a hitch. TIP - be generous with your fabric sizes and trim down.Linking up with TGIFF and BoMs Away for the first time in 2013!

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I am a stay-at-home mum to Duncan 9, Tristan 7 and Frances 5. We live on a 5 acre property on the Alstonville Plateau of the Northern Rivers. I like to garden, raise chickens and sew. And I abhor injustice.